Process of manufacturing gas.



No, 896,795. PATENTED AUG. 25, 1908.

BEHEER. l ROESS F MANUFACTURING GAS.

AKPPLIGATION FILED NOV. 24, 1906.

PATENTE) AUG. 25, 1908.

W. BENNBR.

17H-GUESS F MANUFACTURING GAS.

.APJLIGIATION PLED NOV. 2

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No. 896,795. ATENTET AUG. 25, 1908. H. W. BENNER. PRGBSS 0F MANUFACTURING GAS.

APPLIGATION E'ILED Nov. 24, 1906.

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lo more especially to such. a gas com .3o gas in. a sin cfr GAS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,

PROCESS F MANU Application led November 24 To all om yit may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. BENNEa, a citizenv of the United States, residingr 'in Uhainbcrsbin j county of llranlrlin7 State ot l."enns ,flvania, have invented a Processy of Manutant:iring Gas,y of which the following is a. specification.

lvi'v in vcntion relates to a process for inanuiacturing` ,iras for illuminating purposes and posed of a mixture of coal and Water gas with oil enriched Water gas, .the latter being added to raise the candle Vpower of the former. My process is designed to accomplish this by mani-ifacturiiur the mixed coal and Water gas and the oil enriclmd water gas separately but combining them in a iixcd and permanent gas without the use of superheaters. These ,frases may be manufacturml separately and combined Without the use of a superheater, if they yre brought together at the same teinpenature, and thereafter no iixing is required` .lt is preferable, but not requisite, that `my process be carried out in one and t he same 4general apparatus to insure the gases meetnipr each other while at the same tempera, ture, nan-rely that ot' the hydraulic main. r l,`l1eie`:i'1' 1e, my invention specifically considered contemplates the manufacture of the fle piece of apparatus in which ie entire product is continuously mannfacple and highly economical Way. describe one form of apparatus esigned to carry out my process in the most convenient and economical manner. This apparatus is .made the subject of another appli cation and not claimed herein.

.in the drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a plant which may be useil to carry out my process. Fig. 2 is a vertical 'section on the line 2-2` of Fig. l. Fig. itis a vertical section on the line of Eig. 1. Fig. e is a vertical section on the line4-4 of Fig. l.

.fi is furnace common to and heating all of the retorts, Any style of furnace may be used and any d of fuel burnedv therein, Above this formare is shown a double battery of three retorts B, B and C, the B retorts be ing for coal and water gas and the C retorts for oil enriched Water gas. Any number of retorts niej be heated over one furnace, and the ratio of coal and Water gas retorts to oil enriched water retorts will vary accord.- ingto conditions, such quality'of coal, candle power desired, etc.

tured in a son l, will iirst Specification of Letters Patent.

CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FACTURNG GASW ?atezited .e 525, QJO

, 1906. Serial No, 's.

Referring first to the coal and Water gas retorts as shown more particularly in Figs. 2 and 4, .B is a chamber or retort shown as ver ticalso that gravity may serve to pass finely divided coal through it, but it .may be inclined or horizontal and the coal biotin through. Steam, preferably superheatcd, is admitted through either of the pipes l) or lf. As a convenient means of superlieating the steam, it is passed through drums o, which run through the furnace and receive the `lil-iat therefrom. lVith this arrangement the steam used in the different retorts 4will enter at substantially the same temperature as that oi' the re tort.

At the top of the retort is a compound cosi chute composed of upper hopper D and lower hopper D separated by the damper d. The upper hopper is smaller than the lower hopper so that, from time to time as re quired, it'may he emptied into the lower by o )coing the damper 0l. The iiow of coal from toe .lower hopper into the retort is controlled by an adjustable gate E pivoted at e and movable about its pivot to uncover theopening into the retort, by means of the rod c passing' through the side of the hopper.

At the bottom the retort communicates with a horizontal chamber F which is cornmon to that entire row of retorts in the battery (there beingI three rows of retorts shown in the drawings). Access may be had to the interior of this chamber through'the manhole 7. The retorts in each row arc also connectecl together at the top by ipe if", the pipe G from the last retort in t ie row eonnecting with the pipe G from the chamber F. Pipes G, G are provided with valves g and g so that either may be used. The pipes G and G from their meeting point communicate directly with the hydraulic main Hwhich is common to all of the retorts in the battery.

Referring now to the eil enriched Water las retorts shown more particularly in Figs. 2 and 3, il a chamber er retort preferably provided ivith an iron lining. It is shown as vertical merely for convenience in l'iuildinpr the battery, as it may be horizontal or inclii'ierl. it is I )artially filled with. pieces of iron c hel@l up )y a perforated. plate c. The vertical chamber at its bottom opens into a horizontal 'chamber U, over the fur` nace, and leading into thisy chamber are the steam and oil inlets l and .l respectively. 

